New Era Starts as ReWalk Exoskeleton Technology is Available to Take
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September 04, 2012 02:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Exoskeleton technology leader, ARGO Medical Technologies, along with
mobility solutions provider, Cyclone Technologies, announced today that
Claire Lomas has become the first person to take home an exoskeleton
system for personal use. Claire demonstrated her personal ReWalk™ at the
annual International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS) meeting held at the
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Center.

32 year-old paraplegic Claire from Leicestershire, was injured in 2007
during a horse riding accident that left her paralyzed from the chest
down. She achieved a significant milestone when she became the first
person in the world to complete the London Marathon in a bionic suit in
April 2012, and raised more than £200,000 for spine injury research. As
a result, Claire was chosen to light the celebration cauldron in
Trafalgar Square to kick-off the 2012 Paralympics in London.

“I am very excited to take the ReWalk home and incorporate it in my
daily life,” said Lomas. “With the help of the ReWalk I am able to
stand, walk, talk to my friends and family eye-to-eye, and exercise in a
ways that I have not been able to since my injury.”

The new technology, which is manufactured by Argo Medical Technologies
and supplied exclusively in the UK by East Yorkshire-based mobility
solutions provider, Cyclone Technologies, has seen Claire become the
first person in the world to utilise exoskeleton technology at home, and
in her everyday life. The ReWalk enables her to stand, ascend and
descend stairs and walk indoors and outdoors independently and on a
daily basis.

Claire recently completed training at Cyclone’s rehabilitation and
training centre using the ReWalk model made specifically for
institutional use. This model is currently available in clinics and
medical institutions in UK, Italy, Germany, France, and Spain for
training and therapy purposes.

Larry Jasinski, CEO of Argo Medical Technologies, said:

“Years of research and hard work from a very talented team of engineers
has made this product possible. We’re looking forward to seeing Claire
build on her accomplishments alongside the Cyclone team, whose training
is such a key component in ensuring that users get the most from the
device. We are officially launching the ReWalk personal use system in
the EU with this start in the UK. It’s our aim to get as many
individuals as possible walking again, and the launch of the ReWalk will
allow customers to use the technology for a range of activities. It
truly is the beginning of Rewalking as a part of daily life.”

Dave Hawkins, Managing Director of Cyclone Technologies, said:

“What the team at Argo has achieved is truly remarkable, and we’re
incredibly pleased to be supplying and training individuals like Claire
to use such a revolutionary product, which for the first time ever, will
see individuals with lower-limb disabilities using exoskeleton
technology in their everyday lives. Since we introduced the
institutional model of the ReWalk suit to the UK in May 2011, we’ve been
inundated with enquiries from customers wanting to know when they could
actually order their own ReWalk device and take it home after completion
of their training, and I’m thrilled to say, now they can do exactly
that.”

Invented by Israeli entrepreneur and founder of Argo Medical
Technologies, Dr Amit Goffer, who became a quadriplegic in 1998, the
ReWalk can help individuals with lower-limb disabilities such as
paraplegia. It provides individuals with user-initiated mobility through
the integration of a light wearable brace support, a computer-based
control system and motion sensors.

ARGO Medical Technologies develops, manufactures and markets
walk restoration devices for people with lower limb disabilities. The
company's ReWalk™ exoskeleton allows an ambulation
and rehabilitation alternative to wheelchair users, enabling people with
lower limb disabilities, such as paraplegia, to stand, walk and climb
stairs. ARGO is operated by a team of experts in the fields of rehab
devices, control and computer sciences with decades of combined
experience in R&D, engineering and manufacturing of multidisciplinary
systems. The company is assisted by renowned international experts in
the fields of medicine, biomedical engineering, robotics and marketing.
Founded in 2001 in Northern Israel, ARGO has grown from a small research
and development start-up to an international company with headquarters
in the US, Germany and Israel. For more information, please visit http://www.argomedtec.com/.

About Cyclone

Cyclone Technologies is a leading manufacturer of bespoke, lightweight
wheelchairs, and is the UK’s exclusive supplier of exoskeleton mobility
solution, ReWalk. The company is also the UK’s leading Functional
Electrical Stimulation (FES) therapy specialist. Cyclone is led by an
expert team boasting over 100 years of combined experience of life in a
wheelchair, providing the company with an unrivalled ability to
understand and meet the individual needs of their customers. The company
was established in 1989, when founder Stuart Dunne produced Cyclone’s
first lightweight wheelchair following a road accident in 1985 which
rendered him tetraplegic. Managing Director Dave Hawkins, who is a
paraplegic, joined the company in 2007, and Cyclone today boasts a
state-of-the-art, purpose-built training facility at its headquarters in
Ottringham, East Yorkshire. For more information, please visit www.cyclonemobility.com.

For more information about the ReWalk, please visit www.argomedtec.com
or call 001 (508) 983 1449.